Residents In Australia’s New South Wales Warned For Flood Evacuations

SYDNEY, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Residents in parts of Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have been warned by local emergency services, to prepare to evacuate, as heavy rainfall has caused rising water levels. Floods could displace more than 8,000 people in the rural town, Forbes, about 380 km…

India Reports 10,229 New COVID-19 Cases With Active Infections Lowest In 17 Months

NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,447,536 today, as 10,229 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 125 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since yesterday morning, taking the…

Nepal Starts Vaccinating Nationals Aged Under 18

KATHMANDU, Nov 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Nepali government started vaccinating its population aged below 18 with COVID-19 vaccines yesterday, said a senior official from the Ministry of Health and Population. “We have started vaccinating people aged 12 and above with the Pfizer vaccine starting from Sunday,” Sagar Dahal, chief of…

Australian PM Loses Popular Support: Poll

CANBERRA, Nov 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, lost ground as the nation’s preferred leader, a poll found. The latest Newspoll, which was published last night, revealed that, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Anthony Albanese, has closed the gap to Morrison. It found that 46 percent…

Hungarian PM Orban Re-Elected As Ruling Party Leader

BUDAPEST, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has been re-elected president of the ruling Fidesz party, with an overwhelming majority here yesterday. Orban was re-elected as the only candidate for a period of two years, during a congress of Fidesz, to lead the party in next spring’s…

Latest James Bond film “No Time to Die” crosses 700 million USD mark worldwide

LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – The latest James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” has crossed the 700-million-U.S.-dollar mark worldwide this weekend. According to studio figures, collected by measurement firm Comscore, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists Releasing, took in an estimated 4.62 million dollars in its sixth weekend in…

Egyptian Capital Opens Vaccination Centres At Metro Stations

CAIRO, Nov 15 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Health Ministry announced yesterday that, the country has set up new vaccination centres at Cairo Metro stations, to allow more people to take COVID-19 vaccines and ease pressure on medical centres. The vaccination centres, stationed at Cairo Metro stations, have started receiving commuters who…

Terror Police Called In After Car Explosion Kills One In Liverpool

LONDON, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – British counter-terrorism police were called in yesterday, after a taxi exploded at a hospital in Liverpool, leaving one dead and another injured, though this has not been declared a terrorist incident. Police in the city confirmed, the blast happened at around 11:00 a.m. local time,…

At Least Eight Immigrants Die In Boat, Close To Canary Islands

MADRID, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Eight migrants were found dead in a boat, off the coast of the island of Gran Canaria, the Canary Island regional government confirmed yesterday. The boat, carrying 62 people of Maghrebi (Morocco) origin, was discovered by Maritime Rescue services, 65 kilometres off the south coast…

Gunmen Kill Four At Funeral In Central Nigeria: Police

LAGOS, Nov 15 (NNN-NAN) – Four persons were killed when a group of gunmen attacked mourners, who were assembled at a funeral, in central Nigeria’s Benue state, the police said. Catherine Anene, the spokesperson for the police in Benue, said in a statement, three gunmen invaded, on Saturday, the Imande…